Former AKB48 idol Rina Nakanishi becomes porn star Riko Yamaguchi
Is this everyone’s dreams come true?
Rina Nakanishi (中西里菜) used to be one of the minor members of idol group sensation AKB48 but has since left the world of idols for far more rewarding work in…porn!
The 22-year-old has taken on a new stage name, Riko (or Rico) Yamaguchi, as part of her new career.
She has also released a nude photo book called, appropriately enough, Departure. However, this gained the furore of her former employers at AKB48, who, though make the idols dress very skimpily, oppose actual nudity. They are now suing Nakanishi!
This reminds us of the case of former gravure idol Minako Komukai (小向美奈子) who, after retirement, blew the lid on the industry, telling the press it is common for idols to basically work as prostitutes. (Come on, we always suspected!)
She ended up a drug-user — of course the crime of all crimes in Japan — and after a run-in with the police her career was in ruins.
Cue taking a job as a stripper in Kabukicho!
Unfortunately her former agency caught wind of this and tried to sue her, taking out a court order to prevent her from showing the world what they all wanted to see…
Thankfully she ignored the courts, performed many shows and has since released nude photo books galore.
